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  • 440th proves again benefit of being the home team

    Babe Ruth once said "It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."If that's the case, the 440th Airlift Wing and its mission partners at Team Pope would be formidable foes for anyone asked to overcome the obstacles their members faced while providing airlift to the Army's 82nd Airborne Division on

  • Alabama airlifters assist Airborne Anniversary

    The 908th Airlift Wing recently received an invitation to take part in the 75th Anniversary of the very first air drop of American paratroopers here. "What an honor to not only participate, but to be specifically requested to do so by Fort Benning," said Capt. Brian Powell, aircraft commander for

  • Hurricane Hunters fly busy storm season in Pacific

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" have flown several storm missions over the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans this hurricane season, gathering weather data for the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center.The Pacific Ocean has been particularly active. So

  • Hurricane Hunters to fly Tropical Storm Erika

    The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are operating out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, flying state-of-the-art WC-130J aircraft into Tropical Storm Erika in support of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew four missions into TS Erika out of

  • Pope reservists participate in airborne celebration

    Everyone knows that paratroopers and C-130s go together like peanut butter and jelly. So when current and former paratroopers gathered in Florida earlier this month to celebrate the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th anniversary of airborne operations, it wasn't a surprise that the 440th Airlift

  • Air Force Reserve Supports Airborne Students

    Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 913th Airlift Group and 302nd Airlift Wing supported the Army’s 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment’s Basic Airborne Course July 13-17 in Fort Benning, Georgia. The mission was a Total Force effort of one C-130H and 15 Total Force crewmembers from the

  • President proclaims National ESGR Week

    Presidential Proclamation -- National EmployerSupport of the Guard and Reserve Week, 2015NATIONAL EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE WEEK, 2015- - - - - -BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The United States military is the finest fighting force the world has ever

  • 913th Airlift Group Gets Black-Letter Status

    It happens less frequently than a blue moon, and is rarer than a no-hitter in Major League Baseball, but black-letter initials do happen, and the 913th Airlift Group’s Maintenance Squadron made sure it did July 28. A black-letter initial is just that, a crew chief’s initial with black ink on an